Shoe-heel



E. 0. SCHLOSSER AND H. SCHNEIDER.

EEEEEEE L.

1,395,740. Pm-,mmm 1,1921..

tra@ 5T MISSOURI.

SHOE-HEEL.

Application filed June 16,

To all w/z-om t may concern.:

Be it known that we, EDWARD 0. SCHLOS- snR and HARRY SCHNEIDER, citizens of the United States, and residing at St., Louis, Missouri, have invented the new and useful Improvement in Shoal-leds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shoe heels and more particularly'to metallic heels.

There a heel is made of metal such as aluminum, difliculty is experienced in securing the toplift to the metal body of the heel, especially since such metal heels are very high and narrow and since the' lift receiving seat is of small area. Accordingly, since this lift projects somewhat at its edges beyond the metal seat, the forces applied thereto tend to break it away, unless a lirm anchorage is provided. Such a firmanchorage is, however, diiicult to attain on the narrow seat.

One of the objects of this invention, there fore, is to provide a shoe heel and more particularly a metal shoe heel, which has anchorage provisions, so as to secure a lirm attachment of the lift to the heel.

Further objectswill appearfrom the de tail description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, Ain which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe heel embodying this invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical cross section Fig. 3 is a transverse section somewhat enlarged; and,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on the line 4 4, Fig. 3.

Referring to lthe accompanying drawing, 1 designates a heel of metal formed hollow, and provided at its heel seat with a series of lugs 2, in which are a series of fasteners 3 around the heads of which the metal, such as aluminum, is cast. This provides for attachment of the heel to the shoe, but since this fastening means is a well .known con struction, a detailed description of it is unnecessary. p l

The tread part of the heel is provided with a seat 4 and this tread part has formed therein a series of sockets 5, 6 and 7 which are relatively inclined, so that their axes form the angles of a tetrahedron. In other words, the Sockets `V5 and 6er@ ,not @Illy 11.1-

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented' N ov. 1, 1921-.

1920. serial No. 339,333.

clined with respect to one another, but the socket 7 is also inclined with. respect to both of the sockets 5 and 6. Each of these sockets receives a plug 8, 9 and 10 of wood or any other suitable penetrable material and these plugs are firmly driven into these sockets so as to form anchors. After the plugs are so driven in place, they are sawed or planed off flush with the seat 4.

A lift 11 of leather, rubber or any other suitable material, is applied to the seat 4 and is secured by fasteners 12 which pass through the lift and are driven into the plugs. The sockets are preferably of a depth, so that the fasteners will not only pass throughv the' plugs but will also be clenched on the bottoms 13 of the sockets, which bottoms are preferably concave so as to form clenching anvils. As these fasteners normally tend to follow the general axes of the plugs, especially where they are of wood so that they follow the grain, these fasteners will also be relatively inclined, but even where they do not followthe axes, the clenching of thevfasteners Vwill securely anchor them in the plugs, which are in turn `anchored in the sockets.

It will, thus be seen that the invention accomplishes its objects. The arrangement of the sockets, plugs and fasteners is such that the lift is firmly anchored on the tread part of the heel. The relative inclinations of the sockets, plugs and fasteners is such that an interlocking anchorage will be formed, so that a pull in any direction will not loosen the Hrm attachment of the lift to the heel. Thestructure is also such that the heel can be cheaply made and lifts can be renewed.

' It is obvious that various changes mayv be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of this invention; it is, therefore, to be understood that this invention is not to be limited to the specific details shown and described.

Having thus described this invention, what is claimed is:

1. A shoe heel provided with a series of relatively inclined sockets, and fastener-receiving anchors in said sockets.

2. A shoe heel provided with a series of relatively inclined penetrable. fastener-re- @airing plugs..

3. A shoe heel having a tread part proand fasteners passing through said lift and vided With a series of relatively inclined into said plugs and clenched on the bottoms anchors, a top lift, and fasteners for securof said sockets. n 10 ing said lift to said anchors. In testimony whereof We affix our sigfY 4. A shoe heel having a tread part pronatures this 14th vday of A ril, 1920. vided With a series of relatively inclinedV EDWARD` '0- SEHLOSSER. sockets, plugs in said sockets, a top lift, K HARRY SCHNEIDER. 

